Flagstaff City Council Approves New Courthouse Plan Tuesday Night

An amendment for the demolition and preparation of the old APS building at 101 West Cherry Avenue for the new city courthouse was approved at Tuesday’s Flagstaff City Council meeting. The budget for the courthouse is 19-and-a-half million dollars, which leaves an extra two-million dollars to use to future parking in downtown. One issue the council had a problem with was the fact that there was no ADA, or handicapped accessible parking planned near the courthouse. The council passed the amendment for demolition and preparation with the promise of a solution to this problem. Last night, there was also a presentation on the Flagstaff Urban Trail System from Martin Ince with the Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization. Ince claimed that plans for the FUTS trails mostly included improving the safety of new and existing trails. Next week’s Flagstaff City Council meeting will be a work session on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall.